All the “it” girls of that generation in one oddly violent, admittedly not-as-good-as-Orient-Express Poirot film. Nonetheless an enjoyable watch made all the better by Peter Ustinov (who has an amazing life story), as great Poirot, David Niven’s natural swagger, and Angela Lansbury as a fantasy-prone romance writer. Good way to spend a Friday evening when you don’t want to think too hard.
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The Lady from Shanghai 1947
Tight 90 minute mystery, movie ran like a strange fever dream throughout. Another example (after Casablanca) where the mysterious masculine type is denoted by their old sympathies for the Spanish republicans.
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Misery 1990
Famous New York City writer gets trapped in rural America, kidnapped by a rube who eats chips, drinks coke, and watches TV in bed (amazingly acted by Kathy Bates). Very funny expression of 80s liberal culture war anxieties about the mass of republican evangelicals who lived between the coasts- most directly stated with the “Elect Nixon!” sticker in the psychopath killer’s scrapbook. Suspenseful, horrifying, and hilarious in all the right places.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943
A film about getting old, about England and to a lesser extent about a duel. It’s difficult to accept how underrated the archers are in America.
Production wise, everything looks light years ahead of 1942. Simply put- the more you watch the Archers, the less you respect Wes Anderson.
Plot wise, I haven’t seen another film that so touchingly shows the eventual loss of communication between young and old that comes with aging, save for The Irishman by Martin Scorsese (who apparently considers this his favorite, or one of his favorite movies).
Please do yourself a favor and watch this!
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